Thursday, March 11, 2010

Ubuntu instead of Windows Mobile on the HTC Touch Pro 2

Author: Adrian Nowak, 9:00 AM, Thursday, March 11, 2010

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Ubuntu literally entered on mobile devices. The latest achievement is to run Linux system equipped with a fully-fledged version of GNOME on the phone, the HTC Touch Pro 2 instead of Windows Mobile.

Definitely this doesn't bode well Microsoft whose news system is not very well liked by users and programmers.

Wednesday, March 10, 2010

Preventing Repetitive Strain Injury With Workrave

Author: Adrian Nowak, 9:00 AM, Wednesday, March 10, 2010

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Workrave is a program that assists in the recovery and prevention of Repetitive Strain Injury (RSI). The program frequently alerts you to take micro-pauses, rest breaks and restricts you to your daily limit.

Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Linux at CeBIT 2010

Author: Adrian Nowak, 9:00 AM, Tuesday, March 9, 2010

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In the last week took place the world's largest computer expo - CeBIT 2010. According to organizers, it was visited by over 334 thousand of people. Among them was also our reader Adrian Widerski who prepared for us a few photos containing Linux accents.

Monday, March 8, 2010

Elive 2.0 - lighweit Linux for demanding users

Author: Adrian Nowak, 9:00 AM, Monday, March 8, 2010

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Usually, a simple graphical environment is a denial of built-in functionality, but as we see - not always. As it turns out, a example of simple and functional distribution at the same time is Elive 2.0 released few days ago.

One of the biggest advantages is that the distribution is relying directly on the popular Debian and use a minimalist environment called Enlightenment. This makes the Elive can run on a computer equipped with a 100 MHz processor and only 64 MB of memory. Is also not required 3D acceleration on the graphics card.

Sunday, March 7, 2010

Clementine - A Largely Port of Amarok 1.4 based on Qt4

Author: Adrian Nowak, 9:00 AM, Sunday, March 7, 2010

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The changes in the latest version of KDE were not welcomed by all. The revolution was very desirable, but this doesn't mean that we have no choice now. Fans of earlier versions can still install Amarok version based on Qt 3.x or check out the tool Clementine which is an unofficial port of Amarok based on Qt4 .

Saturday, March 6, 2010

Connect Your Keyboard To Android Phone

Author: Adrian Nowak, 9:00 AM, Saturday, March 6, 2010

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Virtual keyboard of phones which are equipped with a touch screen can sometimes irritate, but after several days of use, they are ussualy no longer a problem.

Counting that, what I was writing many times - modern phones are becoming actually miniature computers so there is nothing in the way to connect they to external devices. Recently a few geeks tried to anchor the standard USB keyboard to the Android smartphone - ant they succeed. All you have to do is the preparation an appropriate cable.

Friday, March 5, 2010

Quake Live: Year One - Interesting Statistics

Author: Adrian Nowak, 9:00 AM, Friday, March 5, 2010

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A quarter million players since the first year and a tremendous success due to its simplicity and convenience - it's just some of the facts characterized the browser game Quake Live. For the first time a fully fledged 3D game came to the network without the need to install additional software or take out a license.

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